Improvement in band and skirt-hoop attachments



NITED STATES PAT-ENT CEEICE.

ALEXANDER x.. YOUNG, OE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. o i

iMPROvEMl-:NT'IN BAND AND SKIRT-HOOP A'rTAczl-HvlENTS.v

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,253, dated August19, 1962.

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ALEXANDER K. YOUNG,

and State of Massachusetts'have invented a new and useful Band andSkirt-Hoop Connec' tion; and I do hereby declare the same to be fullydescribed in the following specification, and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of which#- Figure 1 denotes a side View ofportions of a band and a skirt-hoop as united by my said invention. Fig.2 is a horizontal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a side View of theclasp before being bent in the form in which it is prepared for beinghooked into the band. Fig. 4 denotes a perspective View of the clasp asready to be applied to the band. Fig. 5 is a top View of a portion of askirt-hoop as ready' for insertion into the clasp.

The object of myinvention is to rmly affix the end or extremity of theskirt-hoop to a band extending down from the waistband of a ladyshoop-skirt, the said band with the metallic connections of the hoopbeing subsequently covered with leather or other suitable material sewedor otherwise properly afiixed to them. j

In the drawings, A' denotes the band, B the clasp, and C the skirt-hoop.The connection consists of the clasp B and a knob or projection affixedto or extended from the skirt-hoop and to enter the clasp and operate toprevent detachment of the latter and the skirt-hoop.

In the drawings the end of the skirt-hoop C is exhibited as furnishedwith a projection, a. The clasp B is to be made from thin sheet ilexiblemetal, and consists of a strip of the same about two inches in lengthand oneeighth of an inch in width, it being provided at one end of itwith two projections or ears,

b b, arranged as shown in Fig. 3. rlhe said strip may be curvedlaterally for the purpose of strengthening it and better adapting it tocover that part of the skirt-hoop which is to be inserted within it.Furthermore, the strip so made is to be subsequently bent into thehooked form, as shown in Fig. 4, its two lips being bent upward, so asto stand with respect to the rest of the strip as exhibited in Fig. 6,which is an end View of the lips and strip. The clasp so made may besaid to be provided with a tongue, d, which, in connecting the clasp tothe band A, is to be passed through the said band so as to hook theclasp thereto. In weaving the band it is usually formed tubular or withtwo thicknesses where it is to be attached to each skirt-hoop. Fig.

7 may be supposed to exhibit an edge view .l

of a band so made, e e representing the two thicknesses, between whichthe band is open, although it is closed between them and the next two.Thetongue is to be passed laterally through the two portions@ e, andafterward it may be carried through a loop or portion,j', of one of themin manner as shown in Figs. l and 2, in which case the part f will serveto aid in maintaining the clasp in place. Next, the end of theskirt-hoop should be inserted betweeen the parts e e and int-o theclasp, so as vto rest therein in manner as shown in Fig. 2, kafter whichthe clasp should be firmly contracted upon the skirthoop and the band,and the two projections or ears b b should be bent down closely upon thetongue d, so as to rest on it -and hold it in place in manner as shownin Fig. 1.

The great objection to the common skirt hoop and band connection (whichconsists simply in inserting the hook into the cavity between the partse e of the band and connecting the woven covering of the skirt-hoop withthe band by sewing them together) is the l constant liability ofdetachment of the two. This is so great that sooner or later theirseparation is almost sure to take place; but by my improved metallicattachment or hooked j clasp and knobbed hoop to be applied tol getherand to the skirt-band, as described, the union of the hoop and band isrendered strong and durable.

I would remark that it is not necessary to my invention that the tongued of the clasp should go through a loop, f, as described, but when soapplied to the band in connection with being hooked into it the claspwill be better supported by the band. I therefore consider the carryingthe clasp through the loop as an additional improvement4 in its ap-

